CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2256, 16 September 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

FATE OF BRITISH HUSSAR REGIMENT A RUMOUR INVESTIGATED ("Times" and Sydney "Sun"'Services.) London September 13.. ' ; A war correspondent, bent upon'probing the rumour that the Eleventh Hussars had been exterminated, describes meeting the remains of the regiment in tho' vicinity of Compiegne., The Hussars had captured fifty uhlans, but had not .the luck-to capture fresh horses. The Phlaus had been in the saddle for six days, aud tho horses were so 6pent that they had to be shot.' The Hussars told a story that when tho regiment bivouacked, shells, without warning, burst,over the camp, stampeding the horses. Amidst this confusion the Hussars met their fate,, the ,expected,"_ screening troops having failed to arrive. Although this and other regiments were scattered'the reported annihilation is incorrect. FICHT IN MID-AIR. GF>RMAN BOMB-DROPPER BROUGHT DOWN. Paris, September 14. A German aeroplane which had dropped-bombs at Troyes was pursued •by a French aeroplane, and brought down. Two of the aviators were killed. BRITISH AIRMEN'S DASHING ATTACKS. (Rec. September 15, 8.50 p.m.) London, September 14, evening.' . The Press Bureau states that in five cases British aviators shot the Germans in mid-air, and brought down their machines. Theso successes have established their personal ascendancy over • the Germans, who have become much less enterprising. A dead German's diary shows that the British aeroplanes threw bombs which exploded oil a German ammunition wagou, killing fifteen men. BRITISH AIR-SCOUT'S' DEATH. (Rec. September 15, 10 p.m.) London, September 14. Lieutenant Richard Gates has died from injuries sustained by a fall of 2000 feet .on' Thursday night, while scouting over London. . WHITE FLAG TRICK BY GERMAN ZEPPELIN.: : BROUGHT DOWN BY RUSSIAN . GUNS. . (Rec. September 16, 0.35 a.m.) Petrograd, September 14. A Zeppelin flying at a height of about 500 . feet approached Vollau, on the Prussian frontier., Riissian artillery damaged three of the motors, but the fourth kept the Zeppelin going until the infantry opened fire, when the Zeppelin hoisted the white Hag.' Tho infantry immediately ceased lire, but the Zeppelin i dropped four bombs, killing twenty-three and wounding sixty. Tho artillery then brought the Zeppelin down, and eight Germans on board were captured. ATROCITIES IN BELCIUM. GERMAN GENERAL TAXED BY A CORRESPONDENT. London, September 14. Mr. Powell, the "New York World's"correspondent in Belgium, had an interview with Goneral Von Boehn.. The latter, emphatically denied tho atrocities committed on Belgian non-combatants. Mr. Powell pointed out many- instances which he had personally seen. General Von Boehn answered that he did overything possible to protect noncombatants. GRUESOME FACT ADMITTED. (Rec. September 15, 5.50 p.m.) Paris, September 14. The "Cologne Gazette" admits the German ravages in Belgium were shocking.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun' 1 Services.) PARIS FULLY PREPARED. FOR ALL POSSIBLE CONTINGENCIES. , ("Times" and Sydney "Run" Services.) Paris', September 13. The city having fully prepared is sv.mewhat dissatisfied that there is to be no siege. Meanwhile, Major-Gcneral Gallioni (Military Governor of Paris) continues preparing for possible contingencies. He has taken the census in order , to organise and economise tho distribution of food. Tho census shows that there aro 886,267 civilian householders within the entronched eamD, comprising 2,0U6,7GCi souls. Over a million fled. Thoso who are loft are quite i contented. The women are spending

their time knitting, and the men'in assisting to make trenches and placing obstructions in the streets. CERMAN TREACHERY,, HOW A BRITISHOTiICER MET HIS DEATH, London, September 14. Tie death of the Hon. Arthur Wind-Mr-Clive, second son 1 of the Ear of Plymouth, who was mortally wouu<?<h| at the Battle of Mons, was due to German treachery. A half-column of Coldstream Guards were detailed to check the enemy's advance during the Mons letreat. Three German, officers, dis--1 guised in.. French -uniforms, informed the officers of the Coldstream Guards that a French force was approaching. The latter were Gormans, and took tlie Coldstream Guards by surprise, and .Arthur Win3sor-OJive was kitted. FANTASTIC STATISTICS. GERMANY'S PRISONERS OF. WAR, London, September 14.. Berlin reports claim that the-Ger-mans hold 7500 British, 88,400 French, 93,200 Russian, and 30,600 Belgian prisoners, i GERMAN SIEGE GUNSi ■' • '-'>"' (Rec. September .15, ILIO p.m.) Antwerp, September 14. A German officer who was taker* prisoner, says that the German Awry possesses fifty large siege guns, with a range of six miles. They can be fired only twenty times i each.-' ITALIAN TROOPS IN ALBANIAI : Paris, September 14. According'to Trieste advices, Italian! troops have been landed at Valoha, in Albania, 110 miles south of Scutari. FRACAS IN A BARRACKS. " " Ostend,, September. 14. It is reported that an. altercation took place in the barracks at Etterbek (a suburb of Brussels) between. Pros- ■ sian and Bavarian soldiers. Ten were killed. RELIC-HUNTERS ON THE BATTLE- I FIELD. % . London, September 14, • Renter's agent'reports that thousands - of citizens visited the battlefield at * Marne on Sunday 'gathering relics, mostly German helmets, weapons, and fragments cf shells;